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| Born | Ghanta Naveen Babu 24 February 1984[1] |
| Alma mater | Wesley College |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
| Works | Full list |
| Spouse |
Anjana Yelevarthy (m. 2012) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Full list |
Ghanta Naveen Babu (born 24 February 1984), known professionally as Nani, is an Indian actor and producer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Nani is a recipient of several accolades including two Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and four South Indian International Movie Awards.[2]
Nani made his debut in 2008 starring in the romantic comedy Ashta Chamma, a box office success and attained his breakthrough with Ala Modalaindi (2011).[3] He went on to star in other commercially successful films such as Pilla Zamindar (2011), Eega (2012) and Yevade Subramanyam (2015). He won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (2012). He continued to establish himself as a leading actor with Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015), Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (2016), Gentleman (2016) (which earned him Nandi Special Jury Award), Majnu (2016), Nenu Local (2017), Ninnu Kori (2017), Middle Class Abbayi (2017), Jersey (2019), Nani's Gang Leader (2019), Shyam Singha Roy (2021), Ante Sundaraniki (2022), Dasara (2023), and Hi Nanna (2023). Nani won two Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – Telugu for Bhale Bhale Magadivoy and Shyam Singha Roy and one Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu for Dasara.[4]
Nani produced his first film D for Dopidi (2013), which was a profitable venture.[5] Nani launched his own production house Wall Poster Cinema in 2018, which has produced Awe (2018), HIT: The First Case (2020), and HIT: The Second Case (2022).[6] In 2018, Nani featured as the host of the second season of the Telugu game show Bigg Boss.[7]
- ^ K, Janani (24 February 2018). "Happy Birthday Nani: RJ to Tollywood's favourite lover boy, tracing the Natural Star's journey". India Today. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ Krishnamoorthy, Suresh (20 September 2016). "This Gentleman wants to do a Gladiator!". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Happy Birthday Nani: The successful screen journey of the gifted actor". The Times of India. 24 February 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "The actor in me will never be satisfied: Nani". The New Indian Express. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "D for Dopidi a hit!". www.greatandhra.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Sundar, Priyanka (16 February 2018). "Awe movie review: Nani and Prasanth Varma's film is technically brilliant". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Nani on hosting Bigg Boss Telugu season 2, dealing with trolls: Learnt how strong a person I am". Firstpost. 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.